April 27 - May 3, 2008
For more than 30
years, the North Carolina Maritime Museum's Annual Wooden
Boat Show has provided an exciting venue for owners and
builders of wooden boats to come together to show and
operate their boats. Workshops, demonstrations, launchings,
races, and other educational programs have served to expand
the public's awareness of the very special properties of
wooden boats.
This year’s expanded Wooden Boat Show
will include many new exciting programs and activities at the museum, along
Beaufort’s historic waterfront and at the museum’s expansion site at Gallants
Channel.
Activities will
include wooden boat displays, the first Beaufort National BoatBuilding
Challenge, nautical crafts fair, antique car show, nautical reenactments,
breeches buoy demonstrations, family activities, performances by Molasses Creek
and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Show Band and much more!
EXHIBITOR
INFORMATION
We invite owners of wooden
boats of any age as well as maritime related art, craft, or commercial product(s)
to be exhibited. For information or an application to exhibit, contact the
North Carolina Maritime Museum at
252-728-7317 or maritime@ncmail.net. or download a
registration form .
NATIONAL
BOATBUILDING CHALLENGE
The concept is simple:
Teams of two build the same 12 foot skiff design. They are graded on time of
build, quality of workmanship, and speed on the water against each other. The
current world record for building is 2:11:47. These are real boats! For
more information or an application
www.beaufortboatbuildingchallenge.com
EVENTS SCHEDULE
Sunday,
April 27, 2008
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1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Sailor's Crafts Exhibit |
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1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Go Sailing in a Traditional Wooden Boat |
Monday,
April 28 - Friday, May 2, 2008
|
9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
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Sailor's Crafts Exhibit |
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10:00 am - 4:00 pm |
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Traditional Sailor's Crafts Demonstrations |
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1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
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Go Sailing in a Traditional Wooden Boat |
Saturday,
May 3, 2008
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8:30 am - 10:00 am |
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Registration of Boats |
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9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
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Sailor's Crafts Exhibit |
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10:00 am |
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Molasses Creek |
|
11:00 am |
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Spritsail Race |
|
11:00 am - 3:00 pm |
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Beaufort National BoatBuilding Challenge |
|
11:00 am - 4:00 pm |
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Exhibit of Wooden Boats |
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Traditional Sailor's Crafts Demonstrations |
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Antique Automobile Show |
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War of 1812 and Civil War Naval Re-enactors
Encampment |
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Breeches Buoy Lifesaving Demonstrations |
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Shipwreck Exhibit Tours |
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12:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
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Go Sailing in a Traditional Wooden Boat |
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2:00 pm |
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2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band |
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3:00 pm |
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Sailboat Races |
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4:00 pm |
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BoatBuilding Challenge Rowing Competition |
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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
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Wooden Boat Show Reception |
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7:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
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Wooden Boat Show Dinner and Awards Ceremony |
AWARDS and
JUDGING
People's Choice Award
We invite all
visitors to vote for their favorite boat. Voting forms will
be available at the Wooden Boat Show. The winner will
receive the People's Choice award at the Boat Show dinner
Saturday evening.
Judging
An expert
panel of five judges will determine the winners of the
show's awards in the following categories:
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Best Sail & Best Classic Sail
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Best Power & Best Classic Power
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Best Row & Best Classic Row
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Best Paddle & Best Classic Paddle
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Best Original Boat
Other Awards
We will
present additional awards for the Oldest and the Newest
Boats in the show, and to the winners of the Spritsail and
the All-comers races. Members of the Carolina Maritime Model
Society also will vote for the best model on show in their
exhibition in the museum auditorium.
NORTH CAROLINA MARITIME MUSEUM
BEAUFORT MUSEUM AND WATERCRAFT CENTER HOURS:
Weekdays: 9 AM-5 PM
Saturdays: 10 AM-5 PM
Sundays: 1 PM-5 PM
ADDRESS:
315 Front Street
Beaufort, NC 28516
E-MAIL:
maritime@ncmail.net
PHONE: 252-728-7317
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